Dan Kolb

Contract-extension talks between the Cubs and Carlos Zambrano are heating up just in time to make the ace pitcher sound somewhat optimistic that a deal could get done by the Monday deadline he has imposed. --...

If you're genuinely trying to figure out where Greg Maddux will pitch next year, and if you're assuming it's not with the Cubs, think West Coast and start with the Dodgers. -- Daily Herald

There are two trends in the world of closers this week: Unproven rookies being demoted in favor of veterans, and aging closers displaying their brittleness early. Let's take a look at some situations around the league:

We have had, in this Hot Stove of an offseason, about three months of dealing and leaking, lying and buying, talking and trading, and still there are teams out there with needs so desperate that it's almost too...

More than one source has claimed the Cubs dangled pitcher Mark Prior in multiteam trade talks that would land them premier Baltimore shortstop Miguel Tejada and eventually send Prior to a team in the American League...